India, Feb. 18 -- The authorities on Wednesday asked Galgotias University (Greater Noida) to vacate the AI Impact Summit Expo for causing a "national embarrassment" by claiming a Chinese Unitree robodog as its own, people aware of the matter said.

Professor Neha Singh of Galgotias University said that the institution has not received any such directive from the authorities. "We have not received any such direction. Galgotias University is a very responsible institution," she said.

But visuals from the Summit showed that power to the Galgotias stall has been cut off.

In a statement late on Tuesday, Galgotias University said its faculty and students are deeply pained by the "propaganda campaign" against the university. It added that robo...